State College, Pa. — Tom Izzo was looking for consistency from his team Tuesday night at Penn State.
Instead of building off last weekend’s win over Indiana, however, the Spartans offered up another head-scratcher, letting a 14-point second-half lead disappear as Penn State rallied for a 62-58 victory over No. 19 Michigan State at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The Spartans (18-7, 9-5 Big Ten) now sit two games back in the loss column in the Big Ten standings with a home game against first-place Illinois on Saturday.
Michigan State was plagued, once again, by turnovers and poor defensive rebounding.